Molecular test predicts risk of breast cancer recurrence and who will benefit from chemotherapy
...rates a "recurrence score" based on the expression patterns of these genes in a tumor sample. Ranging from 1 to 100, the recurrence score is a measure of the risk that a given cancer will recur***. Prior to this research, analysis of the expression of genes was performed on tumor specimens that were frozen ...European study highlights persistent 3 decade increase in childhood cancer incidence
... childhood and adolescent cancer cases to estimate patterns and trends of incidence and survival within Europe...eleration of this trend. Geographical and temporal patterns suggest areas for further study into causes of these cancers, as well as provide an indicator of pro...Book celebrates centenary of city's advances in public health
...rch centre. Nowadays, we focus on the study of the patterns of disease in populations; the social, environmental and genetic basis of disease and the way diseases are prevented, controlled and cured." He added: "The Usher Institute was built with a major donation from Sir John Usher of Norton, of the famous E...New technique scans electrical 'brainscape'
...they could distinguish in unprecedented detail the patterns of brain activity -- including fleeting changes in...wake cycling. Their analysis could detect activity patterns that marked waking, deep "slow wave" sleep and so-called "rapid-eye movement" sleep. Important...Bulimic teens also likely to suffer from depression
...suffer from both disorders, but she notes that the patterns between bulimia and dysthymia may change from adolescence to adulthood, making major depression more likely to co-exist in adults than dysthymia. She reasons that as the course of bulimia progresses, the social support network and resources...Younger children in the child welfare system could benefit from specialty mental health services
...s Hospital, San Diego, and colleagues examined how patterns of specialty mental health service use among children involved with child welfare vary by the degree of coordination between local child welfare and mental health agencies. The researchers examined mental health services used for one year after conta...'Sobering' disparity: African-Americans receive less compensation for job-related back injuries
...ensable in juries, and about minorities. While the patterns that we found are consistent with those described in a 2002 report by the Institute of Medicine that documented racial disparities in health care, the magnitude of the race differences in case management that we found may have been amplified by the c...Brain imaging with MRI could replace lie detector
...mising in that they suggest a consistency in brain patterns that might be beyond conscious control. "We have just begun to understand the potential of fMRI in studying deceptive behavior," Dr. Faro said. "We plan to investigate the potential of fMRI both as a stand-alone test and as a supplement to the polygr...Brains of people with autism recall letters of the alphabet in brain areas dealing with shapes
...eviously. The autism volunteers' brain activation patterns were compared to a control group of people who did...the fMRI scans revealed different brain activation patterns between the two groups. Compared to the control group, the volunteers with autism showed more activ...Early results shed light on lung cancer screening advance
...within the recommended 4 months. In describing the patterns of diagnostic follow-up for people with abnormal findings on LDCT, the authors conclude, the "data may be useful in estimating the potential burden and cost of CT screening and in evaluating whether practitioners are generally following reasonable pr...Study identifies factors associated with long-term opioid treatment of veteran patients
... order to determine characteristics of prescribing patterns and to identify potential high-risk opioid prescribing. Data on durations, doses, and dose changes of oxycodone/acetaminophen and concurrent use of long-acting opioids, benzodiazepines, tricyclic antidepressants, and anticonvulsants were obtained fro...Pet scans detect brain differences in people at risk for Alzheimer's
...heir different genetic makeup results in different patterns of brain activity. In previous studies, Dr Scarmeas has demonstrated APOE-related changes in brain activity in patients that already have Alzheimer's disease and in healthy, young, college-age people. Drs Scarmeas, Stern and a large group of other r...NCI scientists create model that predicts follicular lymphoma survival
... went into a group used to uncover gene expression patterns associated with survival; the other 95 were used to test the predictive power of these patterns. NCI scientists first used a DNA micro array to determine which genes were expressed (active) in the first group of 95 tumor biopsies, and at what levels....Grant to study why teens smoke
... The researchers will look at adolescent smoking patterns and predictors including emotional well-being, daily activities, social interaction with family and peers and physiological reactions to smoking. "Most adult smokers start smoking before age 18," said Mermelstein, principal investigator of the stu......s, "In one of the studies, we looked at the eating patterns of 7,500 men and women who constituted a represent...onducted the study in which she looked at the diet patterns of 7,500 typical Americans. She calculated the average daily energy density of their intake using t...Brain inflammation found in autism
...lled cytokines and chemokines, they found abnormal patterns consistent with inflammation. "The pattern of cellular and protein findings indicate that they are part of the 'innate' immune system in the brain, and do not appear to be caused by immune abnormalities from outside the brain," said Pardo. The findin...NIAID launches influenza genome sequencing project
...ticipate that these data will be used to recognize patterns of genetic changes and illuminate important questions such as how avian influenza viruses adapt to infect humans." "Our goal is to provide scientists with the infrastructure they need to uncover potential targets for new vaccines, therapies and diag...HIV 'higher than expected' among London's drug users
...sible explanations for the rise include changes in patterns of injecting drug use and injecting risk behaviour in newer drug users than those injecting in the early to mid-1990s. In addition, there may have been increases in the number of injecting drug users over and above any increase in protective measures...Heavy, lifetime alcohol users may be toasting metabolic syndrome
...largely unknown, but our study found that drinking patterns independently predict the risk of metabolic syndro...a new way to examine the complex multi-dimensional patterns of drinking over a lifetime. Total volume is the total number of drinks in a lifetime; frequency is......tality rates, according to a analysis of treatment patterns at 315 U.S. hospitals by Duke Clinical Research In...er the same time period among hospitals whose care patterns were most improved. Both the American College of Cardiology and the AHA have issued guidelin...